France and French Colonies France & Colonies Bisects and Stamp Shortages
Sale No: 44
Lot No:1308
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1902 (Jan 2) Picture postcard of a railway viaduct on the Djibouti to Harar line, sent registered from Djibouti to Belgium franked on the picture side by vertically bisected 25c right hand pair (valued at 5c each) and two vertical bisects of the 20c from the 1894 Obock issue, a further vertically bisected right half 25c on reverse, all tied by blue Djibouti datestamps with boxed "R", arrival datestamps of Brussels and Feluy-Arquennes". An unusual registered card, correctly franked 35c, sent by a Belgian in the "Societe Anonyme Belge d'Abyssinia". Photo on Page 192. (Image1)